Analysis of The Haunted Palace
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace-
Radiant palace- reared its head.
In the monarch Thought's dominion-
It stood there!
Never seraph spread a pinion
Over fabric half so fair!
Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow,
(This- all this- was in the olden
Time long ago,)
And every gentle air that dallied,
In that sweet day,
Along the ramparts plumed and pallid,
A winged odor went away.
Wanderers in that happy valley,
Through two luminous windows, saw
Spirits moving musically,
To a lute's well-tuned law,
Round about a throne where, sitting
(Porphyrogene!)
In state his glory well-befitting,
The ruler of the realm was seen.
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
Was the fair palace door,
Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing,
And sparkling evermore,
A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty
Was but to sing,
In voices of surpassing beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their king.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch's high estate.
(Ah, let us mourn!- for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him desolate!)
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and bloomed,
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.
And travellers, now, within that valley,
Through the red-litten windows see
Vast forms, that move fantastically
To a discordant melody,
While, like a ghastly rapid river,
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever
And laugh- but smile no more.
-THE END-
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Scheme | XAXABCBC BDBDAAAX EFEFGBGX GHGHAGAG DADAEAEA EEEAIHIH A |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (34%) Tetractys (24%) |
Metre | 001011010 11101 10101010 10010111 0011010 111 1011010 1010111 101010010 1111101 11110010 1101 0100101110 0111 01011010 0110101 100011010 11100101 1010100 101111 10101110 1 011101010 01010111 011101010 101101 111101010 01010 011101110 1111 010101010 01010111 110101110 0101101 111111010 11011100 010111010 1101 110101010 101101 0100101110 10110101 11110100 10010100 110101010 1011 0100111010 011111 01 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,833 |
Words | 257 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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